Karen W

2015 Education Committee Assignments [updated]

The following committee assignments for the 86th General Assembly are now posted on the Iowa Legislature website.

Iowa House (55R-43D)(56R-43D)(57R-43D)*

House Education Committee

Jorgensen (R-Woodbury), Chair

Gassman (R-Winnebago), Vice Chair

Ruff (D-Clayton), Ranking Member

Abdul-Samad (D-Polk)

Brown-Powers (D-Black Hawk)

Byrnes (R-Mitchell)

Cohoon (D-Des Moines)

[Costello (R-Mills)]*

Dolecheck (R-Ringgold)

Forristall (R-Pottawattamie)

Fry (R-Clarke)

Gaines (D-Polk)

Hanson (D-Jefferson)

Hanusa (R-Pottawattamie)

Highfill (R-Polk)

[Jones (R-Clay)]**

Koester (R-Polk)

Mascher (D-Johnson)

Mommsen (R-Clinton)

Salmon (R-Black Hawk)

Sieck (R-Mills)***

Staed (D-Linn)

Stanerson (R-Linn)

Steckman (D-Cerro Gordo)

Winckler (D-Scott)

Iowa Senate

Senate Education Committee

Quirmbach (D-Story), Chair

Schoenjahn (D-Fayette), Vice Chair

Sinclair (R-Wayne), Ranking Member

Behn (R-Boone)

Bowman (D-Jackson)

Dvorsky (D-Johnson)

Hart (D-Clinton)

Hogg (D-Linn)

Johnson (R-Osceola)

Kinney (D-Johnson)

Kraayenbrink (R-Webster)

Mathis (D-Linn)

Schultz (R-Crawford)

Wilhelm (D-Howard)

Zaun (R-Polk)

*John Kooiker (R) won the House District 4 special election. House District 23 is vacant pending a special election to replace Mark Costello (R-Mills) who won the Iowa Senate seat vacated by Joni Ernst. Update: Rep. Kooiker was sworn in this morning (1/13). Update: David Sieck won the special election in House District 23 and has been sworn in (2/19).

**Update: The Legislature’s website has now been updated to remove Mark Costello from the House Education Committee membership list and to add Megan Jones.

***Update: The Legislature’s website has now been updated to show that David Sieck has replaced Megan Jones on the House Education Committee. HT: Bleeding Heartland.